TruthFreedom

There's a lot of good answers here. It's true that authenticity and being part of the heard are antagonistic That's why I've been rejected most places I've been. Same thing happened to Jesus 😉

Explain in your own experience how you have achieved that.

I wish I was a cat sometimes. Completely unaware of their mortality.

I connect with my essence all the time man! Like, I'm constantly aware of my inner body etc. But as a feeble mammal, survival is something that cannot be overcome. My whole system is telling me I'm in mortal threat of oblivion, which could come at any time. If people are honest, that's the whole reason they get addicted to drugs or alcohol, or anything

I was just thinking about how to overcome existential dread. If you sit still long enough then you start to contemplate your own death. I have been trying for ages to get rid of this existential fear, but it seems impossible. If you sit in silence long enough you realise literally everything you are doing is to distract yourself from death. Even coming on this forum. Sorry to break it to y'all. Leo has talked before about people who have overcome their fear of death. I find that hard to believe. And people are also talking about "drama" in this thread. It seems that "drama" is a cover-all word for people genuinely expressing their emotions, which is bullshit. Emotions does not equal drama. If someone gets angry, they are not automatically being dramatic. Anyway, here I am distracting myself from death again. 😭

Has anyone used this? I have just started, and I think it will be a good tool to help me understand myself better. I think that confronting yourself is important in personal development.

You're not interested in life. You're bored because you've fallen for the societal pressure to work as a slave. You don't care about anything any more. You are a cog in a machine. Don't give up. Actually, yes, do give up and maybe you will find peace.

Buddhism says that all suffering comes from desire. So to answer your question, if you want to change at the core then let go of all your wants and Also, I would say don't try to change yourself, Instead, accept yourself fully.

Maybe you are right. Maybe this existence right here and now is all there is. I can't escape it if I'm honest. But if I use my logical mind then I can imagine that there are other people out there. Just because it is imaginary, does this mean that they do not exist? Yes, in a way it is comforting to think that nobody else exists. But if one uses one's mind, one can surmise that other people DO exist. Yes, again, I know it is imaginary. Even YOU are imaginary. But if I use my imagination very deeply then I can imagine that there are 8 billion others with their own imaginations too. And why not use my logical mind to give that idea some credence?

Shouldn't this be in the Spirituality bit.

I think you are maybe leaning into perfectionism here. There is no right or wrong way to go about things. Best advice anyone gave me was "do what you want"

There's a lot of passive aggressiveness on this forum. Only problem is, when I react with genuine anger I get temporarily banned. So I'm gonna shut my mouth and be passive aggressive like him

Yeah, that does sound better 👍

@LordFall no, my friend, like I said in the thread "what do you really want", I just want peace. Nothing special. If you live long enough, you realise peace is all you ever wanted.

@LordFall OK whatever. I'm not a doomer then. Just a simple man with no real identity, wanting to live a simple life with no one to bother me.